Latin American Church in Italy against Violence against Women

Combating violence against women and girls is an issue close to the heart of Women's Ministries. On the afternoon of Saturday, October 23, the Latin American Adventist Church of Milan, which has its place of worship in Vimodrone in the Milan hinterland, and the local Women's Ministries group organized a public demonstration to raise awareness against all forms of abuse. The event took place at the Piazza Unità d'Italia with the permission of the Municipality of Vimodrone. The women wore scarves and opened orange umbrellas, the color chosen by the United Nations to say "no" to gender-based violence. They then paraded through the square showing placards with the words "Love never hits" and "Silence kills", to emphasize the need to denounce violence. The event was also an opportunity to publicize the following Saturday's conference, organized in the church.
In fact, on Saturday, November 30, the day at the church began with a sermon by Franca Zucca, former director of Women's Ministries in Italy and now the Women’s Ministries liaison in Lombardy, who preached on the theme of the Enditnow Day 2021. In the afternoon there was a conference with two speakers: Franca Zucca who spoke on "Violence in the face of pornography"; and Franco Mazzarella, from the Latin America coordination of Amnesty International Italy, who illustrated the campaign theme "I ask. Without consent it is rape."
In November, other churches in Italy will dedicate a Saturday to the enditnow Day to stop all forms of abuse.
As reported by Lina Ferrara, Italian Union WM Director